@incollection{SpranzFogasy2015, author = {Thomas Spranz-Fogasy}, title = {What’s the Boss Doing? Everyday Communication of High-level Personnel}, series = {Communication in Organizations. Structures and Practices}, editor = {Andreas P. M{\"u}ller and Alfred Kieser}, publisher = {Lang}, address = {Frankfurt am Main/Berlin/Bern/Bruxelles/New York/Oxford/Wien}, isbn = {3-631-50527-2}, url = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-39911}, pages = {219 -- 240}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The following analysis explores the nature of everyday activities of people in economic leadership positions. It inquires as to the institutions and people they are in contact with, and the way they communicate with them. First, I will present existing studies in this field and the ethnographic procedure of this study. I will then describe the communicative activities of high-level personnel and their communication networks based on observations. These are then linked to their communicative tasks and types of interaction. Finally, I will discuss some characteristics of the communicative style.}, language = {en} }